“The good thing about being a director is that you’re in the back seat, and you can observe,” he told Flux in a rare talkative moment. “You’re not in the light.” Well, metaphorically speaking, at least. We caught up with Gavras at the Los Angeles screening of his latest project, Justice: A Cross The Universe.

A peek into the mind of the very talented Sophie Gateau reveals multi-disciplines and multi-tasking with academic roots in architecture and art history and an impressive work log as a graphic artist on heavyweight projects like Matrix Revolutions and Wong Kar-Wai’s 2046.

Guilherme Marcondes with a full head of hair

Name: Guilherme Marcondes
Created on: 1977-August-6
Record last updated on: 2008-October-1
Homepage: guilherme.tv
Domain: Filmmaking, Animation, Mixed-media
Location: New York, NY

Brazilian-born filmmaker, Guilherme Marcondes has directed spots for Diesel, MTV International, and Nickelodeon while simultaneously busting out tongue-in-cheek animations and experimental personal projects. Recently, his interpretation of a William […]

Italian filmmaker, Lorenzo Fonda calls himself a “nerd,” and says his intentions are to “bring very serious matters back to a more human level.” Case in point: Fonda’s first full-length feature, Megunica, an ambitious coupling of the director’s self-deprecating sense of humor in the form of a multi-media, multi-curated, multi-genre documentary.

Sushi restaurant
Hey, guess what the cat’s meow is in Moscow these days? Sushi. Imagine, The Red Square flanked by menus featuring nigiri, rolls, sashimi, unagi, plus  new twists on old favorites like shrimp “pelmeni” (Russian “ravioli,”) at a Japanese restaurant. Even with some unnecessary mayonnaise here and there, the Muscovites didn’t invent bad fusion food. […]